CVC Words Worksheet – Short o and u
How the sounds work (Sound it out, then blend): Say each sound: b – u – s. Blend them into one word: bus. Short o is the sound in “dog”; short u is the sound in “sun”.
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- 1.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 2.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) hot (c) got
- 3.☕ Which word is this? (a) map (b) lip (c) cup
- 4.Change the “m” in “mop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) cop (c) mop
- 5.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) hug (c) six
- 6.Change the “t” in “top” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) top (c) cop
- 7.Change the “b” in “bug” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) jug (b) bug (c) rug
- 8.Change the “n” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) bus (c) bun
- 9.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) jog (c) fog
- 10.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 11.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) sun (c) cat
- 12.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) b (c) w
- 13.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) l (c) f
- 14.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 15.Change the “p” in “pot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) rot (c) pot
- 16.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 17.Change the “h” in “hog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) fog (c) jog
- 18.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) bag (c) bus
- 19.🏃 Which word is this? (a) red (b) van (c) run
- 20.Change the “d” in “nod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) not (c) nod
- 21.Change the “r” in “rod” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) rod (c) nod
- 22.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) hot (c) lot
- 23.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 24.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dig (b) fog (c) dog
- 25.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) map (b) mop (c) top
- 26.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 27.Change the “b” in “tub” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) tag (c) tub
- 28.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) box (c) fix
- 29.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) p
- 30.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 31.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 32.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) cup (c) bus
- 33.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 34.🛁 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) ten (c) tub
- 35.☀️ Which word is this? (a) hen (b) bin (c) sun
- 36.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 37.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fun (b) run (c) fin
- 38.🥜 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) cup (c) bug
- 39.📦 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) bed (c) box
- 40.🦊 Which word is this? (a) six (b) fox (c) dog
Answer key
- log
- got
- cup
- cop
- sun
- cop
- jug
- bus
- fog
- dog
- cup
- b
- f
- o
- got
- o
- jog
- bug
- run
- not
- nod
- lot
- o
- dog
- mop
- u
- tug
- fox
- c
- o
- dog
- nut
- u
- tub
- sun
- u
- fun
- nut
- box
- fox
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